North Carolina Newspapers

gi!5H & r.lASER Publishers , XXVUI No. 40 'olllHH V V The Only Paper Published in Polk County A Live Clean Paper for the Home Price 5 Cents Tryon, N. C., May, 31 1923 $2.00 a Year % ? ? ?' - - ".V-1 - ; . vWn , :a^ : " '? ' - 4-'- - * ; ->v ; ^."*7 *'?> &? A" ? -a ^S *< flfcin* Can iVi/i Season j Pass for Swimming jet Time ilecord Wil! he fepi3tLr:hc When Sluice (J.-v'c Closes. }ovy, V itlki' to fill L ,y\\ >u HILT pool ? fhj< has been asked Ljiiv'iv : ? i- many People ? I he i wo acre fvriw 1 ' 1 ^ heing eon : ovneh. ftiiU'i; ;v v ? j||]- LVJU.1'; :!.'!? "J UCCS t haX a 1 ,^'i ra>> wil! be granted w -Mi' comes nearest. U' ihiuul time elapsing be-' L>?: !k' Cilice gate is ai ii;e dam and that day* '?vJnVh :m water starts f ;;ri; I lit' i'.V-paSS. i;e exact time ill be regis ter i:: instances. r:;t' .v. ci.-ses June 8 at [coon. jlzily.Hir mswvr to "Editor", lik County News. Try on, X. [ogress of County Outlined by Agent *? iR.Sams Sums Up Forward Strides of Poik in Last Five Years. \iw yvur< ago. the fourth if la<: February, it was privik-tft to nress my foot 'oik (Viiiuy soil in Tryon, At that time the world an astir, war was on every, hiriie. in every eye. and jiv>; and uncertainty in try mint1. |P? -Ik County as a county emed . hive no county hiey or w-.vram for county llifr or con my solidarity. It meet to me that every man is in a jranjr to himself, and |ewomui ir. small squads, do the be>t they could under psting circumstances. There nut a rod of decent road the lounty. It was a rare ling to mte: an ox cart run M in hiVh gear.. There were ft two [Ktcht school buildings the county. Churches were a low and business was ^ in every . . conceivable pcti<?n -way from the count ??rile this county has not yet ich?! pv ;:oal of high ideals, have made ue progress. The roads Saluda via Tryon to the W-i Carolina line and from jon to tj.e Rutherford Coun IRV -laVl' ])vvn >so improved *t tiiey nave been taken over jjtie Stan- and kept in ex coalition as State high jN and other roads of the Mty & improved that the - 0ct?nl'"( b'lind in every sec 'J Oi t?iO county. The schools i" ?un!y are growing like ^ uveds in rich soil. With iH-v: t wo years at the ?N^t rat, t-r progress, every ifll|j ,J-' ^olk * County ' "iu>; an accredited high wit ! ? ; j i its borders . The jout ^V'1 '' ('omin^ along in same proportion. ' j'1'*'. having their hous es pu,!; ''!- ''"'Painted, and re x, ' ' 1 ' niore comfortable j ;1/ ??.?! furniture of all )n ' <m(1 addition of Par A *iich will mean much "> quality of the rves them as pas pun' v':,h. ! ' s<: .?Ve Mrs the added and given .'i ,r? to a Farm and ith (,tr. !.)l')l,flratiori Agent ?ho U,,V. ,n 10 Court House, |ieSf-,'!' ,n>;tantly between ii't. ?<n'i 1 w Agricul iltiitv ' yi^^tment of Agri-: \V-iSiV; ;al(!,k'h, N. c., and n-air''1 D- c- These iks, Ih.,,.' people are it.( ? ..ron the people and test ';;1'n<Jrs' bringing the ^"ii-uliin eSl ?letho^s of ' -'o in ' ' , business and I Ourinrr , People. pnks ?f Ilv<:' years, the 3ore t ( ^ County have Nqn,r'4;! /,)Uadrupled their mk ??, ^^"ni'ees ? one new f1(i all \ u 'M,,('rossful operation ' ,irr ones f?^ing unilL(1 on pag6 4) v. pr. Plans Being Made To Dedicate New School Building New Building* to be Thoroly Fireproof. Plans are now being made for t he formal dedication exercises, of the new Graded School build ing. According to present tentative plans the exercises will be held at some time dur the latter part of July or the early part of August. An invitation has been extend ed by the School Commission to ? Dr. ^E. C. Brootys, North Caro lina v State Superintendent of ; Education, to attend the cere mony and make the formal ad dress in dedicating the new building. Dr. Brooks is widely known in the educational world and has been much in demand t oi** occasions *of like nature. The BQard of School Commis jsions feel that, the presence of |DV. Brooks will lend a tremen dous impetus to the forward j movement along educational | lines in this county. Other prominent speakers will i be invited to attend the ex jercises. A splendid programme will be arranged that will make the occasion noteworthy throughout this section of the 'State. The new building will be com pleted, according to the present plans about the middle of July. The building will be completely j equipped and thoroughly fire j proof** Any danger of a repeti tion of the recent disaster at 'the Cleveland' School in Camden, S. C., will be obviated by the most modern of protec tive measures. Quoting in part from a letter received this week from a prominet Try on ! citizen and a man who has the interests of Trvon and its peo ! pie at heart: - "Try on's new tire-proof school should quite relieve the j natural anxiety of parents, I teachers and pupils that has jbeen caused by the recent aw I ful calamity that befell at the Cleveland school, in Camden, where 73 people mostly women and children were either burn ed or crushed to death in less ! than thirty minutes time. "The thorough vigilance' and diligence of the School Board have made such a terror im possible." The commencement exercises | to be held this, year will be the final exercises that will be 'held in the present old school 'building. This building in it | self has thoroughly safe guarded against tire, and | adequate facilities are afforded for rapid exit from the building | in the event of a firef. This danger is nil at this time of year in as much as there is no lire being maintained in the building. However in view of yie re jcent Cleveland school disaster | every precaution will be taken ?during the closing exercises to [prevent its repetition in this I community. o Tryon Country C2ub | Roster Increased Courses to be Seeded Soon. ?Other Improvements Planned. i " Work on a number of im provements to the gourseat the Tryon Country Club has been held up by inclement weather. A fund has been set for reseed |ing the course. This will be done in the near future accord jing to the present plans. J Eight new members have been added in the ^last few days-?to the roster of of the club, R. 0. ' Andrews, William W. Gray, Jr., Dr> J. L. Justice, |Wm. C. White, Miss Grace ! Peters, ' Miss Helen Stearns, W. iH. Stearns and H. M. Fraser. j Club members entertaining guests at the club are request led to register the names on the club blotter. a BOARD OF TRADE MEET ING WEDNESDAY, 'JUNE I 6th, 8:30 P. M. . ? ? .V V \ W. E. Kilpin Buys Local Garage Detroit Man Purchases Bal lenger-Morris Ford Agcy. Waldemar E. Kilpin, of De |troit, who has been an annual ! visitor in Tryon for the past several years, has recently bought the Ballenger-Morris Garage, authorized dealers in Ford Motor Cars. C. W. Ballenger opened the first Ford agency about twelve years ago with the shop and sales office located in the gar buildjng near the Southern | Railway station. About six ! years later P. G. Morris bought an active interest in the firm. In 1922 the business had en larged to such an extent that larger quarters became neces-j sary. 1 The present site was leased from W. S. Green, arid garage and filling station buil.. \ W. E. Kilpin, the new pro prietor of the garage has had wide experience in the motor car world. He has assured the public that service will be the chief motto of the new com pany. Several new features along these lines are being planned that will greatly assist' the motoring public. Among these will be a well equipt trouble and wreck car on duty at all hours of the day. The new company will take oyer the plant on June 1, and will be known as the Kilpin Motor Company. o EDITORIAL On April 24, the State High way Engineering Department stated that "with fair weather conditions maintaining, the Godshaw Hill detour would be eliminated within a week or ten at the most, and that by June 1 the stretch of highway between the iron bridge near the North-South Carolina State-line and Trade Street would be completed and open to' traffic." Thirty-seven days have elapsed and traffic still en tangled itself on the narrow, and somewhat dangerous de tour. This stretch of the State Highway is one of the most im portant parts of the local pro ject. It is -one of the arteries of the great highway system of the Atlantic States. Thous ands of motorists travel ~ over this highway annually, tourists from the Piedmont country so journing in the mountains, Northern tourists Florida bound. Many of the motorists who know of present local con ditions are now making their mountain trips over the flank ing routes East and Wes t of Tryon, in order to avoid ^the scant mile of dangerous, nar row,, spring breaking detour, that is, according to the detour signs, maintained by the con tractor. The local project contract was let in the Spring of 1922. Construction work was started in the Spring of the same year. Three miles at the most of an approximate six mile project have been com pleted. During the most favorable of weather conditions, the God shaw Hill detour is a most serious menace to the motorists and especially the inexperienced driver. With three short turns in the detour beyond which is ; no visibity, cars entering the j roadway v from either direction must depend entirely upon that uncertain quantity "chance" in | the matter of passing other cars on the narrow road. For the experienced driver there are three or perhaps four places where it is possible to pass an oncoming "car. For the in- j experienced driver there is but one and that at a midway point on the detour on a sharp curve. -0 ( TRYON BAPTIST CHURCH. Services each Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock. For Sale:? Good fresh milk cow for sale. C. V. ELLIOTT, Mill Spring, N. C. 2w-pd Church Parish House to be Completed Soon Community Growth Brings New Features The new Parish House of the Church of the Holy Cross Epis copal Church will be com pleted about July 1 according to present plans. Work on the building has progressed rapid ly in the last two weeks. *The Parish House will be well equipped to take care of the needs of the church. A large auditorium and stage will take up a section of the building. Entrances have been made from a dressing room to the stage. The rector's study will adjoin the auditorium. A short passage wa? ^between the Parish House and the nave of the .church will afford access for the choir from the locker rooms to the choir stalls. . ?' / Plans are underway for a formal opening of the new building as soon as it is com pleted. ; ?' The new parsonage for the Tryon Baptist church is expect ed to be completed in about a month. Work was started on the house about themiddle of April and every effort is being made to complete it as quickly as possible. One of the most important ad ditions to this community and to the county at large is the the new infirmary in the Wilkins Building. This in firmary has most of the con venieces to be found in any similar establishment in the larger surrounding resort com munities. It is equipped to care for any emergency and if necessary to keep patients dur ing their convalescence. Eight beds have been provided, three rooms of two beds each, and two ,ainrfA^*5QQms. Three At tendants are maintained and special nurses are provided when the occasion demands. Complete and modern equip ment has been installed in the operating and anesthetizing rooms. o Designate Dates For State Fair General Lines Will Be Fol lowed This Year. The dates of the 62nd North Carolina state fair are October 15-19, 1923. Plans &re well under way to make this year's exhibition superior to any previously held. The executive committee has decided to conduct the fair( along the same general lines as last year, eliminating all con cessions, excepting novelities, and stressing the educational and entertainment features. Amusements will always be a part of any successful fair. However, education is the primary feature of a fair, the great spirit back of it, the force which is making our ex positions all over the land greater every year. With all of these interests in mind the midway attractions, free acts, and fire works have been carefully selected. One hundred and thirty-nine horses from twenty-two . states and Canada have entered the four closing stake events, the purses for which are $1,000 each; This is an average of thirty-five horses to a race, i There will be six open class ! races announced later, which in addition to the stakes should attract the best horses in the i country." ! The 1923 premium list is now being revised. The classifica tion for prizes will be practi cally the same as last year, hav ing been arranged so that all products of the home and farm [may be shown. There will be | something applicable to every [member of the family. ? o COLUMBUS BAPTIST CHURCH Preaching Every 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Sundays at 11 o'clock. ? Every Sunday night ? ' ' S. A. STROUP, Pastor. Tryon High School to Hold First Commencement ' . ) ? -v Five Students in First Grad uating Class Exercises to.be Held Friday Night. First to graduate in a regular four years /course from the Tryon Graded -.School, the Senior Class of 1923 will hold its commencement beginning Friday morning at 11 o'clock. Commencement exercises will be held in the auditorium at the school building. This first graduating . class of Tryon High School consists of the following students: Miss Alice Andrews, Miss Helen Morgan, Miss Lucile Smith, James Roin, Jr., and Robert Reich. The Commencement pro gramme is as follows: FRIDAY-JUNE 1. 11.00 A. M. > Opening of ex ercises.'* Chorus: The Morning Invita tion, by Senior Class, assisted by the High School. _ Invocation: The ilev. C. P. Burnett. _ ? Class Day Exercises: Class Historv Miss Helen - Morgan; Class ' Prophecy, Miss Alice Andrews; Last Will and Testa ment, James Rion, Jr. Tryon School Song. Introduction of Speaker. Baccaluarete Address: Dr. J. Henry Highsmithj; Supervisor of State High Schools, Raleigh. Presentation of Diplomas. Hymn: America. Benediction: Dr. Justice. On Monday evening, the Senior Class assisted by the Graduating, Class of the Gram mar School will give the play, "The Wren." ! Tuesday evening, June 5, the 1 Grammar School Class will hold its graduation exercises follow ed by the regular closing exer cises of the Graded School. Grammar School Graduates are as follows: Nell Hagaman, Edith Pres ton, Josephine Hill, Mary Screven, Geraldine Sayre, Da vid Caldwell, James Fisher, John Fuldner, Fred Laurence, Franklin Little, Sidney Sayre, Cager Jackson. o COUNTY AGENTS Department The Banks of Landrum S. C., last Fall offered 1st, 2nd and 3rd, prizes of $50.00, $25.00 and $10 respectively, for the pur pose of stimulating the grow ing of alfalfa and red clover within the zones of their busi ness circles, which embrace portions of Spartanburg and Greenville counties in South Carolina, anrf Polk County in N. C. I was called upon to visit the farmers who had received free seed and lime, at cost fiom these banks for this purpose, and to assist in judging. Mr Atbery, Specialist in *>eed Breeding, Mr. Cairnes, County Agent of Spartanburg County, and myself, on Thursday May 17th proceeded to make visita tions to all these farmei s and make notations of the degree of success. We found alfalia growing under varying condi tios from good down to medium and poor; and in every case we found the alfalfa plants sue ceeding in proportion to to the environment which the farmer had created for the seed before sowing time. Some failed for lack of proper inoculation, some fafiled for lack of proper preparation of | soil and some failed for lack of necessary humus and plant food, and still others were not as successful as should and would have been on account ol weeds that had not been sup pressed before the seed was gown. ? \ , , The red clover contest, we found to be on a plane with the alfalfa. , , , . ,{n. proportion to land selec tion, preparation and fertiliza tion, which means lime as well as plant food; we find from these demonstrations that sue cess or failure will follow. These demonstrations prove Season Pass to be Given to Person Naming New Lake Committee Selected to Pass 911 Names Submitted. Several names have been suggested for the new swim ming pool that is being con structed by C. J. Lynch. Mr. Lynch announced this week that ? a committee com posed of three men had been v selected to choose from the names sent in for the pool. The person submitting the name that is decided upon as most fitting will receive a season pass for swimming privileges at the lake. Names must be legibly writ tenand should be signed care fully with name and address of the person submitting the sug gestion. ^ ?' fhe contest will close June ^ 8 at 12 nbon. No suggestions will be accepted after that date. Mail your suggestions to the "Editor". Polk County News Tryon, N. C. .* ' 0 . Capital Increased by Peoples Bank & Trust Local Institution Adds $15,000 in Six Years One month from tomorrow, I the Peoples Bank and Trust Company will celebrate its sixth year of service to the cit izens of Tryon and Polk^Coun ty, as well as to innumerable Tryon visitors. On July 1, 1917, the peoples Bank and Trust Company open ed its doors to the public with 3 capitalization of $10,000. The bank at that time was * adequately equipped to give ! ^eryice.apd satisf acton in all matters pertaining to the bank. In its announcement to the . public' one month before its sixth birthday, the Peoples Bank has stated that it has made a fully paid increase of $15,000 in its capital in those six years, giving a total paid capitilazation of $25,000. _The surplus and undivided profits of the institution are over $7,000, and its total resources over a quarter of a million dollars. It has been stated on author ity that this county is in need of approximately a million dol lars, this amount to be- utilized in the development of its re sources. The banks of Polk County can do much to bring about such results with the cooperation of the public. With the rapid expansion of the Peoples bank it was found advisable to add new ^ features in the building to care for the i needs of the Public. Among Ithje innovations added to its | equipment are ? a ladies rest i room and a writing room. | conclusively the wisdom of the ! banks in offering these prizes; | which have stimulated within 1 their economic trade zones a spirit of progressive farming | that will be as enduring as the I hills on which the alfalfa and 'clover are grown. 1 The Banks, Manufacturers, ! Merchants and other business concerns that do any tiling at 'this time to stimulate soil building, will do much to build their own business. Soil de pletion is the Agricultural Sin of the Piedmont South, and the only salvation from this sin, is the growing of legume crops alternately with cotton and other necessary crops. The great wonder why these humus and nitrogen gathering crofcs have been so , long ne glected, after such a long per iod of educational effort is a mystery to on^ who hales from a section where they have been grown and land kept in increas ing fertility' because they were used. By the use of a little lime and acid phosphate, barn yard manure & etc., it is an easy matter to get all. the clovers to grow on the splendra red and chocolate clays of the [Piedmont cotton belt of the ; South land. Announcement of Successful 1 Alfalfa and Clover growers will ! be made in an early issue.